1. Physics 1: Mechanics Đào Ngọc Hạnh Tâm Office: A1
Physics 1: Mechanics Đào Ngọc Hạnh Tâm Office: A HCMIU, Vietnam National University Reference: Lectures of Assoc. Prof. Phan Bảo Ngọc website:

2. Preparation for each class Questions, Discussions
02 credits (30 teaching hours)
Textbook: Principles of Physics, 9th edition, Halliday/Resnick/Walker (2011),John Willey & Sons, Inc.
Course Requirements
Attendance + Discussion + Assignment: 30%
Mid-term exam: 30%
Final: 40%
absence rate >30% (~ 4 times)
=> not allowed to take the final exam.
No cellphone & laptop in class
Preparation for each class
Read text ahead of time
Finish homework
Questions, Discussions
Tuesday’s morning and afternoon: prefer appointments
Office: A1.503,

3. Contents Part A Dynamics of Mass Point Part B Laws of Conservation
Chapter 1 Bases of Kinematics
Chapter 2 Force and Motion (Newton’s Laws)
Part B Laws of Conservation
Chapter 3 Work and Mechanical Energy
Midterm exam after Lecture 6
Chapter 4 Linear Momentum and Collisions
Part C Dynamics and Statics of Rigid Body
Chapter 5 Rotation of a Rigid Body About a Fixed Axis
Assignment given in Lecture 11
Chapter 6 Equilibrium and Elasticity
Chapter 7 Gravitation
Final exam after Lecture 12

4. Part A Dynamics of Mass Point
Chapter 1 Bases of Kinematics
1. 1. Motion in One Dimension
Position, Velocity, and Acceleration
One-Dimensional Motion with Constant Acceleration
Freely Falling Objects
1. 2. Motion in Two Dimensions
Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Vectors
Two-Dimensional Motion with Constant Acceleration. Projectile Motion
Circular Motion. Tangential and Radial Acceleration
Relative Velocity and Relative Acceleration

5. Measurements
Use laws of Physics to describe our understanding of nature
Test laws by experiments
Need Units to measure physical quantities
Three SI “Base Quantities”:
Length – meter – [m]
Mass – kilogram – [kg]
Time – second – [s]
Systems:
SI: Système International [m kg s]
CGS: [cm gram second]

6. 1.1. Motion in one dimension
Kinematics
Kinematics: describes motion
Dynamics: concerns causes of motion
To describe motion, we need to measure:
Displacement: x = xt – x0 (measured in m or cm)
Time interval: t = t – t0 (measured in s)
dynamic
kinematic

7. 1.1.1. Position, Velocity and Acceleration
A. Position: determined in a reference frame.
Motion of an armadillo
t=0 s: x=-5 m
t=3 s: x=0 m
x=0-(-5)=5 m
Two features of displacement:
- its direction (a vector)
- its magnitude
Space vs. time graph

8. B. Velocity: describing how fast an object moves
B.1. Average velocity:
Unit: m/s or cm/s
Theavg of the armadillo:
B.2. Average speed:
Note: average speed does not include direction

9. If a motorcycle travels 20 m in 2 s,
then its average velocity is:
If an antique car travels 45 km in 3 h,
then its average velocity is:

10. (a) Sample Problem (average velocity vs average speed):
A car travels on a straight road for 40 km at 40 km/h. It then continues in the opposite direction for another 20 km at 40 km/h. (a) What is the average velocity of the car during this 60 km trip?
(b) What is the average speed? (Midterm Exam 2010)
(b)
(a)

11. B.3. Instantaneous Velocity and Speed
The average velocity at a given instant (t  0), which
approaches a limiting value, is the velocity: x t ti xi
Tangent line θ
The slope (tanθ) of the tangent line gives v(t)
Speed is the magnitude of velocity,
ex: v=±40 km/h, so s=40 km/h.

12. Sample Problem : The position of an object described by:
x = 4-12t+3t2 (x: meters; t: seconds)
(1) What is its velocity at t =1 s?
(2) Is it moving in the positive or negative direction of x just then?
(3) What is its speed just then?
(4) Is the speed increasing or decreasing just then?
(5) Is there ever an instant when the velocity is zero? If so, give the time t; if not answer no.
(6) Is there a time after t= 3 s when the object is moving in the negative direction of x? if so, give t; if not, answer no.
v=dx/dt=-12+6t=-6 (m/s)
negative
S=6 (m/s)
0<t<2: decreasing; 2<t: increasing
t=2 s no

13. C. Acceleration: C1. Average acceleration:
The rate of change of velocity:
Unit: m/s2 (SI) or cm/s2 (CGS)
C2. Instantaneous acceleration:
At any instant:
 The derivative of the velocity (or the second one of the position) with respect to time.

15. 1.1.2. Constant acceleration:
 
If t0=0: (1)
If t0=0: (2) 

16. Specialized equations:
From Equations (1) & (2):

17. Problem 27: An electron has a=3.2 m/s2 At t (s): v=9.6 m/s
Question: v at t1=t-2.5 (s) and t2=t+2.5 (s)?
Key equation: v = v0+at (v0 is the velocity at 0 s)
At time t: v = v0+at
At t1: v1=v0+at1  v1=v+a(t1-t)= x(-2.5) =1.6 (m/s)
At t2: v2=v0+at2  v2=v+a(t2-t)= (2.5)=17.6 (m/s)

18. 1.1.3. Freely falling objects:
“Free-fall” is the state of an object moving solely under the influence of gravity.
The acceleration of gravity near the Earth’s surface is a constant, g=9.8 m/s2 toward the center of the Earth.
Free-fall on the Moon
Free-fall in vacuum

19. Example (must do): y A ball is initially thrown upward along a y axis,
with a velocity of 20.0 m/s at the edge of a
50-meters high building.
(1) How long does the ball reach its
maximum height?
(2) What is the ball’s maximum height?
(3) How long does the ball take to return
to its release point? And its velocity
at that point?
(4) What are the velocity and position
of the ball at t=5 s?
(5) How long does the ball take to hit
the ground? and what is its
velocity when it strikes the ground?
Using two equations:

20. We choose the positive direction is upwardy
v0 = 20.0 m/s, y0 = 0, a = -9.8 m/s2
We choose the positive direction is upward
(1) How long does the ball reach its
maximum height?
At its maximum height, v = 0:
(2) What is the ball’s maximum height?

21. y We can use: At the ball’s maximum height:
(3) How long does the ball take to return
to its release point? And its velocity
at that point?
At the release point: y = 0
So:

22. y You can also use: (4) What are the velocity and position
of the ball at t=5 s?

23. y (5) How long does the ball take to hit the ground? and what is its
velocity when it strikes the ground?
When the ball strikes the ground, y = -50 m so

24. x = xt – x0 (one dimension)
Keywords of the lecture:
1. Displacement (m): measuring the change in position of an object
in a reference frame
x = xt – x0 (one dimension)
2. Velocity (m/s): describing how fast an object moves
v = x/t
3. Acceleration (m/s2): measuring the rate of change of
velocity
a = v/t

25. Homework:
(1) Read Sec
(2) From page 30: Problems 1-6, 16, 20, 29-30, 34, 47, 48, 50